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        <title><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar - Oil Trading Americas Team Leader]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vitol US Gasoline Traders Greer, Reiser Depart From Energy Giant]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:55:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Energy Trader Vitol Reorganizes Derivatives Team After Losses]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:49:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brent Oil Slides as Pakistan Urges Iran to Open Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:38:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Fund Cayler Posts 18% Gain in March as Iran War Roils Market]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:02:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Market Swings Wear Down Traders as Iran War Drags On]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:57:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Is Market ‘Singularly Focused’ on Hormuz, Vitol Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-23/oil-market-singularly-focused-on-hormuz-vitol-s-marshall-says</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:43:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aramco CEO Withdraws From Houston Event to Deal With War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:46:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Amin Nasser, chief executive officer of Saudi Aramco, during the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. The US-Saudi Investment Forum 2025 brings together visionaries, leaders, and changemakers shaping the future of global investment.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Eases From 2022 High as Trump Mulls ‘Winding Down’ in Iran]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:01:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An oil pump jack in Corpus Christi, Texas, US, on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. President Donald Trump&apos;s decision to strike Iran creates new risks for a significant chunk of the world&apos;s oil supply.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Ends Choppy Day as Trump, Netanyahu Try to Ease War Concerns]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Priscila Azevedo Rocha]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:15:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Seeks De-Escalation After Iran, Israel Strike Gas Hubs]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Wingrove]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:24:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pimco Commodity Fund Slumps 17% in March as Iran War Upends Oil]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:11:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Oil Tops $80 a Barrel for First Time Since January 2025]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:26:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Says US Will Escort, Insure Oil Tankers Amid Iran War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer A Dlouhy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:49:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s War on Iran Has Traders Staring Down an Energy Crisis]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Limited oil price surges signal that traders are betting on a short conflict. A lengthy disruption threatens to cause chaos across markets.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Farchy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:49:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BlueCrest Senior Gas Trader, Analysts Depart as Prices Whipsaw]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Freepoint, Citgo Set Sights on Venezuelan Oil as Sanctions Ease]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:35:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Market May Absorb Maduro Shock as Global Supplies Swell]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 16:33:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Citadel Heads for Lowest Gain Since 2018 as Gas Profits Fall]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Burton]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Citadel’s Apex Said to Buy US Gas Assets from Comstock, Azul]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gunvor’s Buccaneering Founder Hands Reins to American Oil Trader]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Archie Hunter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:46:28 GMT</pubDate>
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